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... cause of the termination is this ; the spirit which like a gentle flame is ever preying on the body , and the external air which likewise sucks and dries bodies , conspiring with the spirit , do in the end destroy the workshop of the ...
... cause of the termination is this ; the spirit which like a gentle flame is ever preying on the body , and the external air which likewise sucks and dries bodies , conspiring with the spirit , do in the end destroy the workshop of the ...
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... cause the depredation ; the second to the whole process of alimentation , which supplies the renovation . With regard to the first part of the in- quiry , touching consumption , it has many things in common with bodies inanimate . For ...
... cause the depredation ; the second to the whole process of alimentation , which supplies the renovation . With regard to the first part of the in- quiry , touching consumption , it has many things in common with bodies inanimate . For ...
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... caused , not by violence , but by privation and want . For these alone relate to the decay of the ' body from age . 15. Inquire into the point of death and the porches which on all sides lead to it ; provided it be caused by want and ...
... caused , not by violence , but by privation and want . For these alone relate to the decay of the ' body from age . 15. Inquire into the point of death and the porches which on all sides lead to it ; provided it be caused by want and ...
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... cause , as I take it , is that birds are made more of the substance of the female than of the male , whence they have a less hot and fiery spirit . 2. It may be laid down that animals which have more of the substance of the female than ...
... cause , as I take it , is that birds are made more of the substance of the female than of the male , whence they have a less hot and fiery spirit . 2. It may be laid down that animals which have more of the substance of the female than ...
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... causes . 5. Graminivorous and herbivorous animals are short- lived ; but those which live on flesh , or even seeds or ... cause of longev- ity in birds is that they have such small heads for the size of their bodies ; whence men likewise ...
... causes . 5. Graminivorous and herbivorous animals are short- lived ; but those which live on flesh , or even seeds or ... cause of longev- ity in birds is that they have such small heads for the size of their bodies ; whence men likewise ...
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